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Lawyers: Case against ex-Va. governor no slam dunk

RICHMOND, Va. – Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife are accused of taking at least $165,000 in loans and gifts to help the chief executive of a health supplement company peddle ...

DATE: Jan 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Opposition demands new Ukraine elections KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian opposition leaders issued a stark ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday to call early elections ...

DATE: Jan 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Officials downplay threat against Winter Games

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Threats to a string of European Olympic offices are reviving a question that has haunted preparations for the Winter Games next month: Is it safe to go to Sochi? ...

DATE: Jan 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama speaks to Putin about Olympics

President Obama and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke by phone Tuesday, 2½ weeks before a Winter Olympics shadowed by worries about terrorism. The presidents “discussed how...

DATE: Jan 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Thousands brave cold for abortion protest in D.C.

BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press WASHINGTON – Thousands of abortion opponents confronted wind chills in the single digits Wednesday to rally and march on Capitol Hill to ...

DATE: Jan 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syria: Assad must remain in power

MONTREUX, Switzerland – Peace talks to carve a path out of Syria’s civil war got off to a rocky start Wednesday as a bitter clash over President Bashar Assad’s future threatened to collapse ...

DATE: Jan 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

State victories create dilemma for abortion foes

TOPEKA, Kan. – Opponents who have chipped away at abortion with state-level restrictions are facing a dilemma in some of the places where they have been most successful: Do they continue wi...

DATE: Jan 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Expectations drop as peace talks near

MONTREUX, Switzerland – Diplomats hustled to smooth out last-minute hang-ups for this week’s peace conference on Syria, playing down expectations Tuesday for a gathering thrown into confusio...

DATE: Jan 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

New video shows mayor of Toronto swearing TORONTO – A new video of Mayor Rob Ford emerged Tuesday that shows him swearing and slurring his words while apparently trying to imitate...

DATE: Jan 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Supporters urge Egypt general to run for president

CAIRO – Thousands of supporters of Egypt’s powerful army chief rallied in a Cairo stadium on Tuesday, urging him to run for president and saying the third anniversary of the country’s uprisi...

DATE: Jan 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

1 dead in Purdue shooting; student in custody

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University engineering student opened fire inside a basement classroom Tuesday, killing a teaching assistant and prompting officials to put the campus on lock...

DATE: Jan 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

U.S. files charges in California wildfire LOS ANGELES – Three men were charged in federal court Tuesday with causing a wildfire in the Southern California mountains that destroye...

DATE: Jan 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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